Monday, July 28, 2008

Lime in the Coconut

I'm not usually one to post videos. But this is a favorite in my house. Great senseless song. It makes my kids laugh.

And me? It makes me laugh too. Sometimes it also makes me cry. The combination of innocence and a strange presence of maturity and knowledge-to-come in this child's aspect produces my flux of emotions. Maybe you have felt such tensions at different times... joy and sorrow all wrapped up in a single experience?

As it turns out, lime in the coconut is the perfect name for this... sweet and sour mixed together. Drink it all up. Laugh and weep, in the same swallow.

14 Comments:

yes, i get that tension. matter of fact, last evening we watched the film, "water." there were several moments in that visually stunning film that held such tension. how the thread between joy and sorrow intrigues me.

i loved watching the video ... and remembering when expressing myself like that young gal did not leave me self-conscious.

Yes, I've often been swallowed up in my most sweetest moments with grief it seems, maybe due to grace entering into a world, my world, which often seems so bitter and grace-less. I guess Christ being present or sensed in some way is quite striking within the likes of me.

Of just simply put, the times I feel closest to Jesus are often accompanied with weeping for me. And when that's not the case, it's not a good sign for me.

Lime in the coconut, sorrow and joy, makes me think of these verses from Ezra: "But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping."

L.L., Your post brought a memory and smile to my face as I recalled this song. I'm agonizing over the fact that currently I can't watch the video as my home computer is in storage. At work, a filter keeps such video from distracting us. This will not keep from commenting, however, because I'm familiar with the Harry Nilsson song and used to have it memorized. Check out Nilsson's "The Point" if you get a chance and play a game of Triangle Toss with your children. -Sam